DeepSeek DeepSeek-R1-Lite Preview vs Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Thinking — side-by-side specs.
DeepSeek DeepSeek-R1-Lite Preview | Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Thinking | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Company | DeepSeek | Moonshot AI |
| Release date | Nov 20 2024 | Nov 6 2025 |
| Model type | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Specifications | ||
Parameters | — | 1T |
Context window | — | 256k |
| Benchmarks | ||
Coding SWE-Bench VerifiedReal coding tasks pulled from open-source projects — the AI has to find and fix actual bugs. A human-checked version of the original SWE-Bench. Higher is better. | — | 71.3% |
| Timeline | ||
| Release gap | DeepSeek-R1-Lite Preview shipped 351 days before Kimi K2 Thinking | |
DeepSeek-R1-Lite Preview and Kimi K2 Thinking don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. DeepSeek-R1-Lite Preview shipped 351 days before Kimi K2 Thinking, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.
Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.
Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — DeepSeek-R1-Lite Preview and Kimi K2 Thinking don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.